# I'm beginning to think Trump might be the nominee -- I propose a Trump-Coulter ticket **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 9, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663 "2015-07-09T15:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/21 "2015-07-10T01:29:43Z")
Every Republican is a buffoon. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/22 "2015-07-10T01:57:41Z")
I think he’ll withdraw again, like he always does. He does possess an amazing ability to swallow his foot. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/23 "2015-07-10T02:04:05Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > And you knew exactly what he meant when he said it. If he meant that some are rapists (just like in every other portion of society: Americans, short people, famous athletes, the Marquis de Sade), what was the reason for singling it out? It holds absolutely no distinction whatsoever and certainly doesn’t support whatever point he was trying to make. I think everyone knew what he meant indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/24 "2015-07-10T02:16:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Then I had an epiphany – the perfect Republican Tocket for the Crazy Train is Ann Coulter. Donald will attack the establishment Republicans and Ann will attack everyone else. I see him nominating an African-American, somebody more articulate and better with the public, having the advanced degrees he lacks, espousing conservative views about accepting responsibility for yourself and pulling up by one’s bootstraps, with one percenter level wealth and an equal level of name recognition and media performance. Of course I’m referring to Bill Cosby. > [@tullsterx](#): > > I think Trump is dangerous, and you guys that keep feeding his flame might be in for a shock when you get him elected President. If a meteor destroyed all the other current candidates, which is what it would take, and Trump actually got close to the nomination, the screaming from Republicans would be orders of magnitude louder than the laughter of Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/25 "2015-07-10T02:27:30Z")
He should spin up a reality show, “Celebrity Running Mate”. It would only run one season, so he’d have to pick the group of contestants carefully. Of course it’s a given that slots will go to Gary Busey and Meat Loaf. I’m not sure who will round our the field. Carrot Top? Ted Nugent? Trump-Nugent does make a certain amount of sense. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/26 "2015-07-10T04:03:41Z")
Trump is going to do well, but he won’t win the nomination. But if he did, I say the same thing about him as about Sanders in another thread. He won’t be able to get a big name VP, or even a middling name VP. He’ll have to get a House member or an ambassador or former low level cabinet member, or maybe just go all-business and pick Mark Cuban or something. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/27 "2015-07-10T05:38:47Z")
Let’s be clear: Trump’s “rapist” comments about immigrants from Mexico is intended for one purpose: to fan the flames of white fear about brown people. It’s little different than the rhetoric one heard in the past (and now!) from those opposing desegregation. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/28 "2015-07-10T05:48:22Z")
That was never Trump’s intention. If Trump was a racist we would have found out sometime in the last 40 years he’s been in the limelight. Trumps’ issue is with Mexico’s government, which he does actually hate, using the US as an escape valve. Is there any evidence that Trump’s empire discriminates against Latino employees? You’d think that would be an aspect of a racist guy owning a giant empire too. What Trump did do is take his beef with the Mexican government and illegal immigration and use a broad brush. He deserves all the scorn he’s getting, but he’s more Bill Maher than Bull Connor. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/29 "2015-07-10T06:06:27Z")
The obvious choice is his daughter, Ivanka Trump: experience in business, female, photogenic… Trump Trump 2016! It would be the most luxurious presidential ticket ever. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/30 "2015-07-10T06:07:42Z")
You guys are missing the obvious… A reality show where people compete to be his VP nominee. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/31 "2015-07-10T06:27:09Z")
^see post #25. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/32 "2015-07-10T06:28:08Z")
Ah, thanks. Yes, Nugent, he of the bullet proof rocking force field! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/33 "2015-07-10T09:08:01Z")
[Olivia Nuzzi tweets](http://www.balloon-juice.com/2015/07/09/open-thread-staring-into-the-abyss/): “Trump is like a YouTube comment thread that achieved sentience.” Don’t know who the hell she is, but damn, that’s brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/34 "2015-07-10T15:26:16Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > If a meteor destroyed all the other current candidates, which is what it would take, and Trump actually got close to the nomination, the screaming from Republicans would be orders of magnitude louder than the laughter of Democrats. I didn’t get an advance copy of the New York Times, but great minds think alike: [Can’t Fire Him: Republican Party Frets Over What to Do With Trump](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party-debate.html). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/35 "2015-07-10T16:25:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > With every crazy statement, his numbers among the Republican base rises. And I see no end of crazy statements. > > Then I had an epiphany – the perfect Republican Tocket for the Crazy Train is Ann Coulter. Donald will attack the establishment Republicans and Ann will attack everyone else. I don’t think you really believe this. If you do, you’re incredibly uninformed. Trump’s numbers reflect name recognition, and not much else. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/36 "2015-07-10T16:30:11Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Trump’s numbers reflect name recognition, and not much else. Does that theory apply to JEB!, too? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/37 "2015-07-10T18:29:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Does that theory apply to JEB!, too? Indeed yes, just as it did to his brother in 2000. You think a Texas governor named George W. Brown would have been the frontrunner in 2000? For that matter, would a Senator named Hillary Johnson be a front runner? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/38 "2015-07-10T18:30:43Z")
astorian Johnson is right! No one would vote for Hillary Johnson! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/39 "2015-07-10T19:59:22Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Does that theory apply to JEB!, too? Or, to some audiences, ¡Jeb! ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663/40 "2015-07-10T20:22:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Trump’s numbers reflect name recognition, and not much else. Trump’s name recognition has been more or less constant throughout. However polls before and after his comments about Mexicans are decidedly different. I don’t think he’ll rise much higher than this because there’s only so many people who hate Mexicans, but you can’t ignore that those people exist and have swung to Trump. [Data.](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663.md?page=3)